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Amal Career Fellowship
Amal academy an education start-up founded out Stanford University. Amal Academy Pepsico
aimed at providing university students with professional skills to prepare them for their future
careers. This three month This three-month ‘PepsiCo- Amal collaboration on Youth’ programme
is anchored in developing professional skills of university graduates for them to gain meaningful
employment.
Pakistan’s growing youth is actively seeking employment opportunities. Despite technical
expertise, the key workplace barrier to entry is the professional skills gap. The ‘PepsiCo-Amal
collaboration on Youth’ program aims to address this gap.

The PepsiCo-Amal collaboration on youth programmer was launched in 2019 in Punjab. In

the first year of the programmer, over 1,000 students went through the professional technical and
soft skills training. 30 percent of the graduates were women. 70 percent of job seeking students
received an employment offer within three months of graduating.
​LAHORE: PepsiCo Pakistan, Amal Academy and the Punjab Higher Education
Commission signed a memorandum of understanding to support PepsiCo and Amal Academy’s
collaboration efforts on youth...
• Furqan Ahmed Syed, CEO PepsiCo Pakistan and Afghanistan spoke about the company’s
vision to support the country’s youth.
• Benje Williams, Cofounder Amal Academy.
• PepsiCo, Chairman PHEC and Vice Chancellors of partner universities for their vision and
support..